{"id":1897,"date":"2011-12-09T09:20:58","date_gmt":"2011-12-09T09:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp3\/?p=1897"},"modified":"2011-12-09T09:20:58","modified_gmt":"2011-12-09T09:20:58","slug":"uk-boxer-suggested-as-islam-ambassador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2011\/12\/09\/1897\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Boxer Suggested as Islam Ambassador"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/stories\/news1\/amir-khan-islam.jpg\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" \/>Talented Britain\u2019s Muslim boxer Amir Khan could serve as a promising ambassador for Islam who would play an important role in combating growing anti-Muslim prejudice in the west, the British icon\u2019s US promoter told Agence France Presse (AFP) on Thursday, December 8.  <!--more-->  <br \/>&#8220;He has the character and the background to unite the cultures very well,&#8221; said Golden Boy Promotions chief executive officer Richard Schaefer.<br \/>&#8220;He has what it takes to be that ambassador, to unify countries and people.&#8221;<br \/>Khan, of Pakistani origins, became the WBA World light-welterweight champion on 18 July 2009, becoming Britain&#8217;s third-youngest world champion after Naseem Hamed and Herbie Hide.<br \/>He was also the former Commonwealth lightweight champion, WBO Inter-Continental lightweight champion, and WBA International lightweight champion.<br \/>He was also awarded a lightweight silver medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics.<br \/>Turning 25 on Thursday, Khan will defend his World Boxing Association and International Boxing Federation light-welterweight titles in Washington on Saturday against hometown hero Lamont Peterson.<br \/>The rising British icon had a similar challenge in the US capital last September when he was welcomed as a special guest of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.<br \/>During that visit, Khan took part in a dinner paying tribute to Muslim athletes to celebrate `Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan.<br \/>&#8220;It was a big thing to be invited by the secretary of state,&#8221; Khan said.<br \/>During the visit, Khan said he found the meeting as a good opportunity to show the world successful patriot Muslim stars in different fields.<br \/>&#8220;It was a tremendous honor when you think of how many Muslims there are in the world and how many big sports stars there are,\u201d Khan told AFP.<br \/>&#8220;It was an opportunity to send out some good messages, for people to respect who we are. I&#8217;ve never been shy of speaking about my religion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>No Politics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Admiring Khan\u2019s comments during the US visit, the promoter said he would not be surprised to see Khan follow the path of Filipino star Manny Pacquiao, a member of Congress in his homeland who has aspirations of one day serving as president.<br \/>&#8220;He might not be like Manny, running for president, but I think he has a tremendous future in politics as well,&#8221; Schaefer said.<br \/>&#8220;That (Clinton&#8217;s invitation) shows he is being recognized at the highest level to be such an ambassador.&#8221;<br \/>However, Khan, who participates in charity work, confirmed that he had no political ambitions.<br \/>&#8220;I&#8217;m a normal guy. I&#8217;m going to stay away from politics,&#8221; Khan said.<br \/>&#8220;There is a lot of stuff happening in the Middle East and Pakistan, but I don&#8217;t want to get into it too much.<br \/>&#8220;I like helping people, doing charitable work, making things better.&#8221;<br \/>Khan has given to charity, helping raise $125,000 for &#8220;Islam Help&#8221; in September to bring food, water and medicine to needy areas in drought-stricken East Africa.<br \/>Britain is home to nearly 2 million Muslims.<br \/>A 2009 ICM\/Guardian poll showed that 91 percent of British Muslims are &#8220;loyal&#8221; to Britain and 80 percent wanted to live in and accept Western society.<br \/>Another report submitted by think tank Demos last November found that 83% of Muslims were proud of being British.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: OnIslam &amp; News Agencies<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Talented Britain\u2019s Muslim boxer Amir Khan could serve as a promising ambassador for Islam who would play an important role in combating growing anti-Muslim prejudice in the west, the British icon\u2019s US promoter told Agence France Presse (AFP) on Thursday, December 8.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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